He was reminded of points made in Derren Brown’s wonderful and becoming rarer by the minute book Pure Effect where Derren…

“…makes the fascinating point that the narrative itself is part of the redirection, and describes how framing magic tricks in psychological language leads to certain expectations which, of course, make certain redirections more easily achievable.”

Dr Bell concludes:

“This is what most impresses me about professional magicians. The slight of hand and the perceptual tricks are cool, but its the cognitive magic, the shaping of expectancies through narrative, that makes them seem so wondrous.”

Exactly.

The full article can be read here.

Harry Houdini,Will Goldston,American Magicians,C1910

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Derren Brown, Keith Barry

Keith was recently seen on the Paul O’Grady Show and of course in his primetime show “Keith Barry – The Escape LIVE” and is expected to record a new show for airing later in the year. He received recent notoriety by claiming he tried to fight Criss Angel after a run in with him in Los Angeles.

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